ISo far you have looked at single characters (the leading characters) but an animation or manga work cannot be produced with just the one character. You must also have a cast of supporting characters
So take a look at how to draw the essential cast of supporting characters. You have to express the individuality of each one with accuracy. There are two things that you must do: make the leading characters stand out above the rest, and endow the supporting characters with enough personality to make them interesting.
Think of the personal background (their past, their beliefs, their relationship with the leading character/s etc.) for each character and then convey this information in the total design through such things as their expressions, hairstyle, "costume and accessories.
First, compare their height. The about 150 cm (5'00" ft.).
1. The Child
2. The Hero/Heroine (Normal type)
3. The Stocky Middle-aged Man
4. The Strong Man
5. The Normal Middle-aged Man
6. The Older Woman
7. The Middle-aged Woman
Hero is usually
About 1 m (333" ft.) About 150 cm (5'00‘ ft.) About 140 cm (4'67'ft.) About 188 cm (6'27'ft.) About 180 cm (6 00" ft.) About 158 cm (5 27" ft.) About 140 cm (4 67" ft.
The height of the Normal type body is 7 times the length of the head. The legs are slightly longer than is realistic.
(In the Fantasy Genre works, this would be a dwarf, for example.)
Make surę the waist is not too narrow (except when drawing the Bishoujo type).
Broad shoulders. Sturdy. His shoulders are usually about three times wider than the head.
A square jaw. His jaw and tempie are about the same width.
Narrow
shoulders. About 1.5 times the width of the head.
Keep the legs short within a 6:4 ratio with the upper body.
There is little difference between the joints and the flesh so don t draw the wrists and ankles slim. Muscles haven't developed yet.
His legs aren't long but his feet are exaggerated in size. They are bigger than his face.
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